Daily Links — Thursday, July 30, 2026

Thursday's desk stayed locked on Iraq's banking system. Washington is pressing Iraqi banks to meet the Fed's requirements to get sanctions lifted — and the one that got the room talking: the smallest dinar notes are reportedly vanishing from the stalls, with the same advisor who drafted a coins plan 15 years ago back on TV to explain. Add Kurdistan speeding up its border clearances, Korea scrambling to rescue a market that wiped out 700,000 retail traders, and the IRGC hitting a U.S. base in Jordan again. Here's everything on the desk.

Iraq & the Dinar

• Pressure mounts on Iraqi national banks to meet the U.S. Federal Reserve's requirements and lift sanctions — Shafaq News
• Iraq's smallest banknotes have vanished from the stalls — the advisor who drafted a 'replace them with coins' plan 15 years ago is back on TV to explain — Reset Intelligence (X)
• Digital system cuts Kurdistan border cargo-clearance times — Channel 8
• Al-Sadr: unchecked militias and the failure to limit weapons to the state are behind the deaths of PMF and security forces — Nina News

Money & Markets

• South Korea weighs several market-rescue options as the crash crushes 700,000 retail traders — ZeroHedge

Around the World

• IRGC strikes Jordan again after a 2-hour U.S. bombardment kills Iranian troops and civilians; Hormuz traffic creeps higher — ZeroHedge

Home Front

• California Democrats attempt to sabotage a voter-ID initiative — ZeroHedge

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